moss beach

lake lagunitas

Timber Cove

Carson Falls

New Year's Day

2012 is off to a beautiful start:

white clay creek hike, de

Tahoe

Who needs snowboarding when you can snap pictures all day? :)

merry christmas!

After several attempts at getting kitten into his santa hat, this was the best I could do.  Never fear, there will be many more attempts. (poor Snape puts up with so much...)

My birth ornament - which without fail inspires nostalgic crooning about my childhood christmas memories. (Poor Tom puts up with so much...)

 Snape - sniffing and pawing at his Christmas presents.  He takes after me.

(It's a cat teepee!)

Phoenix Lake

Went on a colorful Marin hike with Tom yesterday.  CA does have seasons!  

my morning walk

I tend to wake up at 6am every Saturday - sadly several hours before husband and cat.  Luckily, crisp, dewy golden gate park is right next door. :)

Gilroy - garlic capitol of the world

I don't think I was quite able to capture the beauty of the steam rising off the fields.  I certainly wasn't able to capture the stench of garlic that permeated everything (fyi, not the best place to stop for a cup of coffee).  Nevertheless, here are a few of my attempts:

Monterey Bay Aquarium